06.50 - week six, saturday

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W6 SATURDAY

It’s Saturday…and things seem a little more standard, this time, when Lorelei makes a quick announcement on the tablets again at 8am:

”Good morning, students. It’s time for your sixth…and final official lesson. Yes. What this means is that this is the final detected orb located here, and while this does not indicate the end of the course just yet, it is the final day for your evaluation. Florence will meet you in front of the grocery store at 8pm tonight. Please do not be late. You are also free to bring a self-defense weapon with you, and any pain-alleviating items you have received. Nothing else will be allowed.”

She seems to be her usual self this time, and this certainly seems a lot kinder than the "trust exercise" from last week.

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With the memories of last week’s lesson still lingering, a bit of wariness would be understandable. Still, Florence did say that this week shouldn’t be nearly so bad - whether you believe them or not is up to you - and they’re there at the grocery store, ready for another lesson.

They do seem a bit distracted, as it takes them a moment before they address everyone.

“Hello. Today’s lesson will be focused purely on cooperation. It is another journey into an orb, so things may be unpredictable, but nothing so severe…”

They trail off, before nodding at nothing.

“There is a storm. You must prepare to survive it, and prepare for any other eventualities. As I said, it may be unpredictable. I will be around to help in any way I possibly can.”

With that, it’s off into another orb - and the lush island on the other side. Surely this won’t be too hard, right?

OOC NOTE

Welcome to Week 6 Saturday's event. As Lorelei stated above, this is the final orb lesson for the game. Characters will have to work together to survive on a deserted island through an oncoming storm. How this will work OOCly is simple:

There will be three phases. Planning, gathering, and constructing. Planning will be short and mostly designed to have everyone gather their bearings and figure out who's doing what. Gathering will be collecting materials to help with their survival. Constructing will involve fortifying your "home base" so to speak.

Gathering and Constructing will run for 2 hours each. At the 1 hour mark for both phases, however, random events will happen that may throw characters off-kilter. There may be other things in between depending on character actions, but you can expect them at the hour mark at the very least. Planning will only last for 30 minutes, unless an extension is needed.

These instructions are not IC. This is for OOC organizational purposes.

We also have a section for people to submit threads so we can track progress and determine the outcome of the event. Qualifying threads must have at least 5 comments from you; more details can be found on the top level below.

The storm will happen at 5pm EST.

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THREAD TURN IN

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Here's where you can submit your threads for the event so we can track everyone's progress. The threads will also help us determine the outcome of the event. Qualifying threads must be at least 5 comments from you.

All we need is a link (or several) with a brief description of what you are doing. For example:

[LINK] - carrying water
[LINK] - helping with fortifying the base

Your character also doesn't necessarily have to be cooperative in these threads. If they're being disruptive/hoarding things/etc. we will take that as well. We only need links from the gathering and constructing top levels. You can submit as many links as you want, as long as they are relevant! Both kinds of threads will be due at 4:30PM EST.

You can also submit these as separate top levels and turn-in as you go, if you'd like. Or edit an existing one.

Madara's contributions: will be editing!

[festiverogue]

1 - carrying a tree/wood back to camp w/ Ace
2 - carrying and catching vines to take back to camp w/ Gentaro
3 - helping with taking down trees that might fall in a windstorm and carrying back to camp w/ Sabo; relaying messages between groups
4 - cutting wood and also helping everyone out with a nice working song!

[goodfaiths]

1. Water gathering w/Fai

Sabo's contributions!

[vivens]

pls no reply as i shall keep editing.

01 - chopping down trees! madara, marcus, and ace are helping carry back the wood/logs.
02 - fortifying the shack!

[magicam]

01 - Fruitquest with Shizuku
02 - Big firepit! Ostensibly for cooking!

A NOTE

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Investigation threads w/the mod account don't have a comment minimum.

Mae~

[totaltrashfire]

01 Bananas + fox head fruits (so far she has left the strawberries but that may change) + walkie-talkie

[escardos]

1. fixing the radio and receiving some ominous messages

rideaux's contributions

[pr159]

1. throwing knives at fish.

[selfconcept]

01 - planning how to reinforce the hut with phantom
02 - instructing others how to set up the materials and reinforcing the hut
03 - fighting off a crab for the supply box with Julius

[catarou]

1. vine gathering with mama
2. lefa time with ace

Marcus' contributions!

[mirrite]

1 - helping chop/carry wood with Sabo
2 - building the hut with Sabo

[ignihidden]

01. (link) the water purifier is set up!

Ace's contributions!

[iubar]

01. Carrying wood back for Sabo
02. Hauling a log with Madara
03. Gathering leaves with Gentaro

[sicklysweet]

1. Watching Rideaux throw knives at fish.

[totalcatastrophe]

[ x ] froots and running w/ mae

[cheerfuldays]

Fruit Quest - done with Cater! Found baneberries, blueberries, mangos and oranges. Left the baneberries behind.
Water Gathering turned Fishing - While getting water, Shizuku unearthed a fishing net. With Shin, the two of them caught a pretty decent haul!
Fruit Quest... 2! - Took stock of and stored the fruit properly, removing any bad ones and also Mae's poisonous fox head fruits.

[partymagician]

1. water
2. crab
3. fortifying hut

[cloudalike]

1 - tree killing
2 - fleeing from mud

PLANNING PHASE

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[ When you get to the island, it seems...peaceful. The sun is shining. There are trees that cover the ground area to provide you with ample shade. The island is larger than you may have expected, though, with the perimeter being several miles long. The water is nice and blue, and there's a lot of jungle-like areas surrounding the area where you are. A small number of jungle trees that are currently visible seem like they have some fruits on them. The sound of birds cawing in the distance can be heard as you stand in front of a very basic hut. The hut looks like it can keep all of you in there, perhaps not comfortably, but it works.

For now.

It doesn't seem very sturdy, and as Florence said, you need to survive an oncoming storm. Inside, though, is a standard tool box. Hammers, pliers, measuring tape, clamps, screwdrivers and nails can be found inside of it. There also appears to be a hand saw leaning up against one of the walls, as well as three buckets.

There is also a radio sitting on top of a little table in the hut. It doesn't appear to be working. ]

( OOC: The areas for characters to interact with are basically the beach/ocean, jungle (surrounding area), and the hut. We will let the planning phase go for 30 minutes (with an extension if needed). This is here just in case characters would like to figure out who's going where/doing what/etc. )

[herlocksholmes]

Storm in the horizon, my good fellows! The sooner we get started the sooner we can weather it!

[Getting ready won't make the storm arrive sooner, Sholmes. Still, he doesn't correct what he said, hah]

Let us all work with our strengths, to avoid any trouble. What do we have at our disposal?

[vivens]

[ huh.

well this is both familiar and not at the same time? like in terms of just ending up on a tropical island and in a jungle. ]

Not quite what I expected for a final lesson.

GATHERING

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( OOC: We will split this up by location. Please keep threads under the appropriate top levels. We'd prefer it if characters could stick to one location before the 1 hour mark, just for OOC ease. )

BEACH/OCEAN

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[ Good for fishing, water, etc. Your characters are also free to dig in the sand where there seem to be things buried in the ground. Please ping us if they are doing so! They may find something useful, something mundane, or something potentially harmful. ]

CONSTRUCTING

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[ This is where characters can start literally constructing things for the hut, create a campfire, prepare food and water, etc. We will have something at the 1.5 hour mark so be prepared for that. There will not be any location top levels, but there will be no need for long character top levels like in weeks 2 and 3.

That being said, if characters would still like to gather/fish/etc., they are welcome to do so. ]

[sicklysweet]

[Well, Owen did successfully weasel some people into helping him fish, so now comes... preparing the fish.

He should probably not be allowed a knife, but he does somehow seem to know what to do as he sets to removing guts and scales. It's kind of gross, but he's being surprisingly quiet and cooperative.]

If you have more fish, just leave them here.

[He's not dealing with the crabs, tho. Someone else can handle them.]

STORM

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[ People are hard at work, making sure they can survive through this so-called storm approaching. The sky seems pretty clear for a bit, but then it all starts to go south pretty quickly.

Clouds form overhead, casting more darkness upon the island. The wind starts to pick up, and from the very edges of the world, you can see the void start to creep in. People stuck in it are walking towards you now, slowly, as if trying to seek some solace; but you've got your people here, first.

In a matter of minutes, the wind picks up immensely and rain starts pouring down, along with small shards of hail. The waves get a little rowdier. You have ample food to keep yourselves fed and a pretty good water system going, at least, and now it's only a matter of the hut staying put. The radio weatherman Flat discovered is still excitedly talking about the storm that's now made its way to you.

So far, the hut seems to hold up alright. It's shaking a little with the wind, which is where we're at now. The shaking will get worse with time, though, and rain will start to seep in through the roof. Hail is still hitting it as well.

(Also, Chongyun and Shin...you'll probably start experiencing some minor flooding, so good luck in the cave...!)

OOC: We will post another update to the storm at 5:40pm. ]

[escardos]

[ well, let's take another look at the radio and switch it to the other station. is it still just static or are we back to morse? ]